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> What happens if I lose my phone though? Years ago now, living in the US Virgin Islands, while drunk, I left the Ritz (great beach and bar) and requested that
by chrismeller 6y ago
> What happens if I lose my phone though?
Years ago now, living in the US Virgin Islands, while drunk, I left the Ritz (great beach and bar) and requested that they get me a cab to my usual local bar that was stumbling distance to home. Upon arrival I realized I didn’t have my phone.
I’d left my laptop at the office, so I ran back there and used Find My iPhone. It was moving, so I assumed it was in the cab I’d been in. I locked it, added a display message, and used the office phone to call the Ritz and tell them... they called the cab company, and within 10 minutes the phone was back at the Ritz.
I’m positive that this was only because I’d used the cab company the Ritz contracts with and their drivers are terrified of losing a lucrative job, but it was a successful recovery in a territory not known for honesty.
Had I not had FMI enabled I probably wouldn’t have connected the dots, assumed I’d lost it on the beach, and lost my phone forever. As it was, I got my phone back and it only cost me an extra cab ride. I’ll never turn off FMI again, though.
Completely anecdotal, but my point is the system can actually work. At the very least I can lock the device and wipe its data.
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